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9:30 AM ET, August 29, 2012

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Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Gov. Chris Christie: Romney Will Tell Voters ‘Hard Truths’  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, famous for rarely mincing words, prescribed a dose of tough medicine tonight in his keynote speech at the Republican National Convention, telling party delegates and the nation that the solutions …
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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
The TV Watch: A Revved-Up Ann Romney at Republican Convention-TV-Watch  —  She may be too good.  —  Ann Romney is so gifted at politics, she may actually make her husband look a little bad.  Their personality gap — her ease, his discomfort — has been evident in most of the many joint interviews they have given television reporters.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Ann Romney: ‘This Man Will Lift Up America!’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Fox News:
(APPLAUSE)  —  I want to talk about not what divides us, but what holds us
Francesca Chambers / Red Alert Politics:
MSNBC cuts every speech made by a minority from RNC speech coverage  —  MSNBC wants you to think the Republican Party hates minorities.  So much so that the liberal news network cut minority speeches from it's convention coverage.  —  When popular Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz …
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
MSNBC abandons GOP convention during every speech by a minority  —  One of the left's favorite attacks on the Republican Party is that it is the party of old white people, devoid of diversity and probably racist.  —  If you were watching MSNBC's coverage of the Republican National Convention …
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
GOP House Candidate Mia Love Impresses RNC Crowd With Fiery Speech  —  Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love, a GOP candidate for Congress from Utah, took the stage at the Republican National Convention on Monday and delivered a fiery speech that was particularly well received by the Republicans in attendance.
Kyle Leighton / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’  —  An attendee at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday allegedly threw nuts at a black camerawoman working for CNN and said “This is how we feed animals” before being removed from the convention …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Dirty politics GOP style  —  This is one dirty campaign.  —  My fellow Fox political analyst Karl Rove sees the proof in the Obama campaign's claims that Mitt Romney might be a felon and an Obama super-PAC advertisement blaming Romney for shuttering a factory and leaving a dying woman without health insurance.
Sean Sullivan / The Fix:
Schweikert defeats Quayle in Arizona  —  Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) defeated fellow freshman Republican Rep. Ben Quayle Tuesday, bringing to an end one of the cycle's most heated member-versus-member primaries.  —  (David Kadlubowski/AP)  —  With 94 percent of precincts reporting …
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Rep. Schweikert tops Rep. Quayle in Ariz. member matchup
Discussion: Politico
Rebekah L. Sanders / Arizona Republic:   Quayle calls Schweikert to concede in CD 6 race
Jack Hitt / Harper's:
A Troubling Chant on the Convention Floor  —  An unscripted moment happened late this afternoon that caused the assembled mainstream media to turn away in the hope that it would disappear.  As I was standing in line for a sandwich next to an Italian and a Puerto Rican correspondent, a controversy was unfolding on the floor.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
Andrew Quinn / Reuters:
For globe-trotting Hillary, Democratic convention not on itinerary  —  * Bill Clinton to carry family flag at Democratic convention  —  * Hillary Clinton to leave Obama administration in January  —  As delegates gather next week for the Democratic National Convention, they will look in vain for one of the party's biggest stars.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton headed on cross-Asia trip during Dem convention
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Republican National Convention: The one graph you need to see before watching  —  On the Republican convention stage tonight, you're going to see a really large clock.  But the clock isn't for keeping time.  The idea isn't to stop speakers from going over their allotted time, or the convention from running late.
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ThinkProgress:
ThinkProgress Live Blogs The Republican National Convention  —  Welcome to ThinkProgress' primetime Tuesday coverage of the Republican National Convention.  We're here all night to fact check and debunk the claims of the GOP's brightest stars.  Here is our guide to Tuesday's speakers.
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Over Loud Boos, Romney Supporters Pass New Rules  —  Delegates from Minnesota yell for a “no” vote at a point of order at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney's supporters passed new rules governing future primaries over the loud boos of Ron Paul supporters …
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:   Ron Paul To Cavuto: ‘I Have No Plans To Endorse’ Romney/Ryan Ticket
1011now.com:
Grand Island Preschooler Asked to Change the Sign for His Name in School  —  Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it.  —  “He's deaf, and his name sign, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy,” explained Hunter's father, Brian Spanjer.
Wall Street Journal:
Barack Obama, Global Has-Been  —  The president would rather be loved than feared.  He is neither.  —  A few days ago there occurred one of those telling little episodes that captures the essence and folly of the Obama administration's approach to foreign policy.
Associated Press:
SEAL book depicts Osama bin Laden shot on sight in hallway, contradicting original account  —  WASHINGTON — A firsthand account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials, raising questions as to whether the terror mastermind presented …
Bloomberg:
Strategic Oil Reserve Is for Emergencies, Not Elections  —  There are few things a U.S. president hates more than gasoline at $4 a gallon, especially with an election little more than two months away.  —  This might explain why President Barack Obama's administration is toying with the idea …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Firms Move Abroad to Cut Taxes  —  Despite '04 Law, Companies Reincorporate Overseas, Saving Big Sums on Taxes  —  More big U.S. companies are reincorporating abroad despite a 2004 federal law that sought to curb the practice.  One big reason: Taxes.
Luke Rosiak / Washington Times:
Outspent on ads, Dems pay ‘trackers’ to tail candidates for dirt  —  A George Soros-funded super PAC is vowing to send operatives to stake out Republican campaigns to hunt for and to record any gaffes or controversial statements the candidates may make.  —  On Tuesday, American Bridge sent …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
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Reihan Salam / National Review:
Charles Blahous Decomposes the Gap Between the CBO's 2001 Budget Projections and Reality
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Flake wins GOP Senate nod in Arizona
Discussion: CNN
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Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
DNC PROCEEDS WITH 2-HOUR ISLAMIC ‘JUMAH’ PRAYERS (AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHO'S INVITED)
Michael O'Brien / First Read:
Villaraigosa: Republicans 'can't just trot out a brown face'
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Seth Masket / The Mischiefs of Faction:
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
About crashing the other guy's convention ...
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